The Cyclopaedia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most Eminent Humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England ...William Evans Burton D. Appleton, 1859 |
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21. oldal
... Nature scorns not all the aids of art . E'en Hasty Pudding , purest of all food , May still be bad , indifferent , or good , As sage experience the short process guides , Or want of skill , or want of care presides . Whoe'er would form ...
... Nature scorns not all the aids of art . E'en Hasty Pudding , purest of all food , May still be bad , indifferent , or good , As sage experience the short process guides , Or want of skill , or want of care presides . Whoe'er would form ...
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... nature was the cause . Certain it is , that while here , the captain heard a good deal said about a certain Miss Vapor , who was the belle of the place . Her father had made a fortune by the pur- chase of public securities . A garrison ...
... nature was the cause . Certain it is , that while here , the captain heard a good deal said about a certain Miss Vapor , who was the belle of the place . Her father had made a fortune by the pur- chase of public securities . A garrison ...
24. oldal
... nature , as not to know how disagreeable it must be to think of having a pistol - ball lodged in the groin or the ... natural arm be not sufficient for this purpose , I avail myself of any stone , wooden , or iron instrument that I cast ...
... nature , as not to know how disagreeable it must be to think of having a pistol - ball lodged in the groin or the ... natural arm be not sufficient for this purpose , I avail myself of any stone , wooden , or iron instrument that I cast ...
25. oldal
... natural his- tory , or any study of the fathers . You have nothing more to do than keep a steady hand and a good eye ... nature of a raccoon or an opossum ; but people are not in the habit of barbecuing any thing human now . As to your ...
... natural his- tory , or any study of the fathers . You have nothing more to do than keep a steady hand and a good eye ... nature of a raccoon or an opossum ; but people are not in the habit of barbecuing any thing human now . As to your ...
26. oldal
... have adequate ideas of the nature of Indians , or the transactions that are carried on in their behalf ? Do you think the one - half of those savages that a shout of desperation , was fixed on the spot 26 HOW TO RECEIVE A CHALLENGE .
... have adequate ideas of the nature of Indians , or the transactions that are carried on in their behalf ? Do you think the one - half of those savages that a shout of desperation , was fixed on the spot 26 HOW TO RECEIVE A CHALLENGE .
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